Activity 1 - Week 1: 3 Facts about Maui

Maui punched his nosed so hard that blood came out. Maui used the blood for the bait and threw it out to sea. The hook that he used was the jawbone of a ancestor that Murirangawhenua had given to him. Maui's line sunk down to the bottom of the ocean, down into the depths of Tangaroa and the bait was taken instantly. Maui is the youngest brother but he was only one not afraid when his line caught and the waka started to speed across the ocean. Maui caught a big fish and brought it back to the village. The brothers were very greedy and started to make gullies and mountains from the fishes flesh. When time went on and thousands of years passed, the mountains became the landscape of Aotearoa as we see it present on this day. Maui's fish became known as the north island and Maui's canoe of the south island.